Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Set Apart

The Spirit produces the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. - Gal 5:22-23In the third century, St. Cyprian wrote to a friend named Donatus:

This seems a cheerful world, Donatus, when I view it from this fair garden... But if I climbed some great mountain and looked out... you know very well what I would see; brigands on the high road, pirates on the seas, in the amphitheaters men murdered to please the applauding crowds...Yet in the midst of it, I have found a quiet and holy people... They are despised and persecuted, but they care not. They have overcome the world. These people, Donatus, are Christians...

What a compliment! A quiet and holy peopleQuiet... Not obnoxious. Not boastful. Not demanding. Just quiet...Holy... Set apart. Pure. Decent. Honest. Wholesome...From The Inspirational Study Bible - Max LucadoMaybe we could all take a lesson from third century Christians. Instead of standing up and demanding our ways be met, protesting every little thing we don't like, maybe we should take a Christlike attitude towards politics and the like.Instead of yelling at the lost, why don't we calm down and show them how we were once found.

About Me

I'm a Christ follower, author, blogger, podcaster and storyteller. I published my first novel, St. Peter's Brewery in Dec. of 2009. Find out more at http://www.stpetersbrewery.info.
I work for a community college district to pay the bills.
On April 28, 2007 I married my best friend and the love of my life, Laurie Janine.
Read more: casadeblundell.com/jonathan